In addition to McCaskill, all five of the other Democrat women up for Senate reelection — Sens. Maria Cantwell (Wash.), Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) and Debbie Stabenow (Mich.) — won their races.

Elizabeth Warren was elected into her first Senate term in Massachusetts, beating Republican Sen. Scott Brown and becoming the first female Senator from the state. “To all the women across Massachusetts who are working your tails off, you better believe we’re gonna fight for equal pay for equal work,” she said in a wonderfully enthusiastic victory speech.

In Wisconsin, Democrat Tammy Baldwin became both the first woman in Wisconsin and the first openly gay candidate in America (!)to be elected into the Senate. Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer and Hawaii Democrat Mazie Hirono were also elected into their first Senate terms — bringing the total count of female Senators in the 113th Congress up to 19, up from 17 currently and the most ever in U.S. history.

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Far too many Black youth continue to be demonized, criminalized and murdered.

Enough is enough!

In response to this intensifying crisis, the Black Youth Project (BYP) has launched “The Pledge.”

With “The Pledge,” we are asking individuals and organizations to close ranks around black youth and make a commitment to take action and fight with black youth as they confront a relentless crisis. We at the BYP believe that each person can make a difference by doing something!

By taking The Pledge we not only articulate our concern about black youth, but symbolically unite our voices with others who will work to confront this crisis.

If we each take action, whether it is starting a group, signing a petition, or mentoring a young person in your neighborhood, then we all become a part of the solution.